Lipstick holder



1937. N. KASDAN ET AL 2,089,832

LIPSTICK HOLDER Filed June 14. 1933 INVE TORS A-KQWL T ORNEY PatentedAug. 10, 1937 so STATES PATENT OFFICE LIPSTICK HOLDER poration or NewYork Application June 14, 1933, Serial No. 675,852

28 Claims.

This invention relates to lipstick holders of the so called one handoperated type and has for its object to provide a device of this classwhich is easy to operate, simple in construction and sturdyw atorbutton. One type has contemplated a flexible band, but a cover made ofsuch material has been found fragile and likely to become bent anddeformed by contact with other articles in a womans handbag. Anothertype has contemla plated a single rotatable tube transmitting mechanismbetween a carrier and an actuator button, said tube having oppositelyinclined slots that do not cross each other and are not in the samelongitudinal portion of the tube with a result that such a constructionrequires a much longer tube than is the movement of either the carrieror actuator.

Under this invention these disadvantages are eliminated and a strongpivotal cover is made to slide down inside the casing where it will beout of the way and not in danger of catching on anything. The singlerotatable tube is made shorter in length for a given carrier travel byhaving the driven pin slot steeper without making the carrier harder tomove or in danger of sticking. This has been accomplished by having thedriven or carrier pin slot in the stationary tube inclined oppositely tothat of the same pin slot in the rotatable tube.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing one embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2 with the lipstick and carrierin fully extended position.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail showing the rotatable tube surrounding the innerstationary guide tube.

Fig. 6 is another view of the same tubes shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a section on the line l--! of Fig. 2.

' Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 shows the upper end of the tube in section with the cover inpartially opened position.

Fig. 10 isv a perspective showing the cover and flap.

Fig. 11 is a detail showing the top plate for positioning the innerstationary guide tube within the casing.

The outer casing i is provided with a longitudinal slot H in which anactuator button l2 may be moved. The cover I3 and carrier are movable bythe actuator button. This is accomplished by means of an actuator ordriving pin [4 engaging an inclined slot l in the rotatable tube IS. Therotatable tube i6 is also provided with a slot l8 for receiving thedriven or carrier pin H which also moves in a stationary tube 20 havinga longitudinal slot l9 inclined substantially oppositely and equallywith the slot H3. The carrier 2| supports a lipstick 22 or othermaterial.

The stationary guide tube 20 is positioned slightly to one side of thecasing longitudinal axis by means of top and bottom plates. The bottomplate 23 is shown in Fig. 2 as being provided with bent up fingers 24engaging the inside of the stationary tube 20. The bottom plate 23 is ofthe general rectangular shape illustrated in Fig. 7 to conform to thecasing cross section. At the top plate 25 shown in Figs. 2 and 11 isprovided on three sides with down turned flanges 26 which are tangent tothe outside of the stationary tube 20. In the top front portion thestationary tube 20 is provided with an opening 28 in and across whichextends the front flange 21 of the top plate 25 so that this frontflange 21 locks the stationary tube against rotation. As shown in Fig. 2instead of being tangent to the outer surface of the tube 20, flange 21is tangent to the inner surface of the stationary tube where it extendsacross the opening 28. The top plate 25 is provided with a large opening29 of a size to permit the carrier and lipstick to be ejected throughthe opening. Slight indentations 30 on opposite sides of the casing atthe top engage small seats 3! to lock or yieldably retain the top plate25 in position against movement either laterally or longitudinally ofthe casing. As shown in Figs 2 and 11 the top plate 25 is positionedbelow the top of the casing HJ an amount sufllcient to permit receptionof the cover within the casing and have the cover substantially flushwith the top of the casing wall. The corners 32 of the top plateadjacent the cover pivots are rounded as indicated at 32 to provideadequate clearance for the lugs of the cover pivots.

As shown in Fig. a cover flap or slide 33 is pivotally secured to thecover l3 and provided with a hole 34 centrally thereof for reception ofthe actuator pin I4. The cover flap is provided with arms 35 engagingthe pivot pins 36 which pass through the lugs at the opposite corners ofthe cover 13. The cover is also provided with a pair of down turned lugs38 for engagement with the longitudinal leaf spring fingers 39 formedintegrally with the cover flap so that as the fingers engage the coverit tends toclose since the spring I fingers 39 tend to rotate the coverl3 about its the casing. The shutter 4| is provided with a longitudinalslot 42 having an upper inclined portion 43 as shown in Fig. 4. Theactuatonpin l4 slides in the slot 42 and its inclined portion 43. In thelower part of the shutter 4| is located a transverse slot 44 engaged bya pin 45 on the front upstanding portion 45 of the bottom plate 23. Theshutter is stamped out in a way to provide a leaf spring- 41 forengagement with the casing, the spring 41 tending to shift the shutterlaterally to the right as shown in Fig. 4. On moving the actuator pindown the shutter 4| is moved to the left in Fig. 4 without anylongitudinal movement, and against the action of the spring 41. As theactuator pin l4 moves up again into the inclined portion 43 of the slot42 the spring 41 is allowed to shift the shutter 4| to close the slot Hin the casing. The shutter is provided with an inclined top edge 49 tolessen any likelihood of the lugs 38 catching upon the edge of theshutter, inasmuch as the shutter is located between the cover flap andcasing. The actuating pin 4 is inserted from the inside of thestationary tube through the hole 48 in said tube but it will beunderstood that the pin after its insertion does not extend into saidhole 48, but passes through the slot 5 in the rotatable tube, hole 34 inthe cover fiap, the slot 42 in the shutter 4|, slot II in the casing l0and preferably has its outer end of reduced diameter and upset withinthe actuating button I2. This pin l4 does not extend into the stationarytube. The driven slot I8 is given an inclination to the longitudinalaxis only about half that which the driving slot l5 has to the sameaxis. This enables both slots 5 and I8 to be made in the samelongitudinal portion of the rotatable tube without their crossing eachother. It is because the slot H! in the stationary tube 20 forms with'the rotatable tube slot 8 an included angle substantially equal to 55the angle formed by the driving slot l5 with the longitudinal axis, thata given movement of the actuator l2 pro'duces'an equal movement of thecarrier. Specifically the angle between slots l8 and His about 25 or 26degrees and each slot I8 0 and I9 forms with the tube axis an angle ofabout half that amount. This arrangement of. the carrier pin slot I9 inthe stationary tube 20 at an opposite and substantially equal angle tothe inclination of the slot l8 permits smooth opera- 5 tion of thecarrier without any tendency to stick and without the necessity forhaving the driven slot I 8 as much inclined as is the driving slot I5.The carrier and pin move in a direction substantially midway between theslots l8 and I9 7 and the slot l8 need occupy a smaller angular portionof the periphery of the rotatable tube.

Among the advantages of this invention may be mentioned that both slotsin the rotatable tube occupy substantially the same longitudinal por- 7tion of the tube with the result that a shorter and more compactconstruction is possible than is the case where the two oppositelyinclined slots in the rotatable tube are not overlapped longitudinallyto the same extent. The carrier is moved an amount equal to the travelof the actuator l2 but in an opposite direction. Unlike many prior artconstructions the shutter has only a lateral and not any longitudinalmovement. The cover I3 is durable and movable between the shutter androtatable tube to an out of the way position within the casing.Arranging the cover pivots as well as the leaf springs 39 on each sideof the center of the cover flap permits these parts to occupy aclearance space on each side of the place where the rotatable tube issubstantially tangent to the cover flap. In practice it will not benecessary to have as large a vacant space as is shown in Fig. 2 betweenthe bottom of the carrier and the bottom of the casing. The method ofassembly for the actuator pin whereby it is inserted from the inside ofthe stationary tube is believed to be advantageous. The stationary tubeis maintained in position at both the top and bottom by the upper andlower plates described. The cover flap 33 may be stiffened by havinglongitudinal ribs 40 arranged as shown in Figs. 7 and 10.

We claim:

1. A toilet stick holder including a casing, a carrier, a cover, anactuator for both the cover and carrier, mechanism between the actuatorand carrier for effecting movement thereof and comprising a pair oftubes one of which is rotatable and one stationary, the actuatorengaging an inclined slot provided in said rotatable tube to effectmovement thereof, a driven carrier pin passing through slots oppositelyinclined in each of said tubes, the actuator pin slot being inclined tothe longitudinal axis of the tubes about twice the amount of theinclination of the driven pin slots.

2. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing, a. carrier, an actuator, acover, and means connecting the carrier and cover for movement bysaid-actuator, said cover being pivotal and slidable within the casingin a direction opposite to the movement of said carrier, said meansincluding a tube helically slotted in such manner that the carrier movessubstantially equally and oppositely to the actuator, said meansincluding a tube provided with two inclined slots in substantially thesame longitudinal portion of said tube and of substantially equal lengthlongitudinally of the tube.

3. A container having a casing, a carrier, an actuator for the carrier,a pivotal cover adapted to be drawn within the casing, a guide tube forthe carrier, the casing being of difierent shaped cross section fromsaid guide tube and located closer to said tube in some portions of thetube periphery than in others, a leaf spring for closing said cover,said spring being arranged to be flexed transversely within a clearancespace between the casing and tube.

4. A container comprising a casing, a cover, a carrier, a guide tubearound the carrier, an actuator for moving the cover and carrier, a flappivoted to the cover and engaging said actuator, a pair of spacedsprings between the cover and flap for closing said cover, said springsbeing arranged one on each side of said actuator, said springs beinglongitudinally arranged in clearance spaces between the casing and guidetube.

5. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing provided with alongitudinal slot in which an actuator is slidable, a shutter for saidslot, a carrier, a stationary tube adjacent said carrier and providedwith a longitudinal slot, a shutter tor said tube slot, and pinsshiftable in said slots and shutters for efiecting the travel of thecarrier.

6. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing provided with alongitudinal slot in which an actuator is slidable, a shutter for saidslot, a carrier, a stationary tube adjacent said carrier and providedwith a longitudinal slot, a shutter for said tube slot, and pinsshiftable in said slots and shutters for effecting movement of thecarrier, one of said shutters being rotatable and the other transverselyshiftable.

'7. A holder comprising a casing, a carrier, a cover, an actuator forthe cover and carrier, 9. cover flap pivotally connected to said coverand cooperating with said actuator, spring fingers on said flapconstructed to engage the cover for closing the same, and a carrierguide tube, said casing and guide tube being of dissimilar cross sectionto provide clearance spaces, and each spring finger being located in oneof said clearance spaces.

8. A container comprising a casing, a carrier, a guide tube for thecarrier, an actuator for the carrier and plates for positioning saidguide tube in the casing and including means for cooperation with theinside of said tube adjacent one end thereof and means for cooperationwith the outside of said tube adjacent the other end thereof.

9. A container comprising a casing, a carrier, a guide tube for thecarrier, an actuator for the carrier and plates for positioning saidguide tube within the casing, a cover, a cover flap pivoted to the coverand engaging said actuator, a spring for closing said cover, said coverand flap being slidable within said casing and outside of said tube, thecover being opened by cooperation with the edge of said top plate whichis adjacent the cover pivot on sliding said actuator.

10. A container comprising a slotted casing, a cover, a carrier, anactuator for the carrier movable in the casing slot, a shutter forclosing said casing slot when the cover is closed, said shutter having alongitudinal slot through which passes said actuator, and a guide meansarranged for said shutter whereby it may shift only transversely of thecasing.

11. A toiletstick holder comprising a longitudinally slotted casing, acarrier, a longitudinally slotted stationary guide tube around thecarrier, a rotatable tube between the casing and stationary tube, saidrotatable tube being provided with a pair of oppositely inclined guidemeans in the same longitudinal portion of the tube and of the samegeneral length longitudinally of the tube, an actuator pin engaging saidguide means, a carrier pin engaging the other of said guide means in therotatable tube, one of said guide means being much more steeply inclinedthan the other.

12. The combination with a casing, having therein a carrier, a pair oftubes around the carrier and relatively movable with respect to eachother, and provided with oppositely inclined guides, a pin on saidcarrier engaging the said oppositely inclined guides, of an actuatingguide on one of said tubes located at least in part in substantially thesame longitudinal portion thereof, and a shiftable actuator engagingsaid actuating guide for effecting relative rotation between said tubesand translation of said carrier.

13. A holder comprising a casing, a carrier, an actuator and mechanismfor moving the carrier in response to the actuator, said mechanism ineluding a tube with oppositely inclined noncrossing guides having atleast the major portionsot their lengths located in the samelongitudinal portion of the tube, said actuator cooperating with one andthe carrier cooperating with the other 01' said inclined guides.

14. A lipstick holder comprising a casing, a carrier, an actuatorshiitable in a longitudinal slot in the casing for moving the carrier, alaterally shittable shutter for the casing slot and guide means for theshutter to prevent longitudinal movement. thereof in response to thelongitudinal travel of the actuator.

15. In a container the combination with a casing, of a carrier movablelongitudinally of the casing, an actuator outside of the casing formoving the carrier, 9. carrier guide tube of smaller cross sectionalarea than the casing, and means for holding one end of the guide tubetransversely fixed in said casing, said means comprising a plate held inone end of the casing and having a bent projection for holding saidguide tube against lateral shifting.

16. In a container the combination with a casing, ofa carrier movablelongitudinally of the casing, an actuator slidable outside of the casingfor moving the carrier, a carrier guide tube within the casing, ashutter for closing a longitudinal casing slot along which the actuatormoves, a plate within the bottom of the casing and having a bent upportion to which the shutter is slidably secured.

17. The combination with a casing, of a cover therefor, an actuator forthe cover slidable longitudinally of the casing, a plate to which saidcover is pivoted andto which said actuator is engaged, guideways insidethe casing along which said plate and cover slide, said plate includinga spring finger engaging said cover and tending to close the same.

18. A toilet article comprising a casing provided with a longitudinalslot, a carrier, a pivotal cover, an actuator longitudinally movablealong the casing slot to open the cover and move the carrier, a slidableshutter for closing the casing slot when the cover is closed, springmeans cooperating with the shutter and easing tending to move theshutter to a position closing said casing slot, and means forlongitudinally anchoring one end of the shutter to the casing.

19. A toilet article comprising a casing, a carrier, a cover, anactuator for moving the cover and carrier, and means between the carrierand actuator comprising a rotatable sleeve having oppositely inclinedguide means, one being inclined substantially twice the inclination ofthe other.

20. A toilet article comprising a casing having a longitudinal slot, acarrier, a cover, an actuator for both the carrier and cover, arotatable sleeve engaged by the actuator and having a guide meansinclined suflioiently to get the desired rotation of the sleeve onsliding said actuator, the guide means in said sleeve being inclined tosuch an extent that an oppositely and equally inclined guide meanscannot be formed in the same longitudinal portion of the sleeve, andmeans giving the carrier at least substantially the same longitudinaltravel as the actuator which comprises an oppositely inclined guidemeans in said sleeve of less inclination than the first guide means, acontiguous stationary sleeve having a guide means inclined about thesame amount and oppositely to the second guide means in the rotatablesleeve.

21. A toilet article comprising a casing having a longitudinal slot, acarrier, 9. cover, an actuator for both the carrier and cover, a shutterfor closing the casing slot when the cover is closed, and

a cover opener directly connected to the actuator,

said shutter for the casing slot being separate from the cover openerand movable in a diilerent 5 manner anddirection therefrom.

22. A toilet article comprising a casing, a cover, a carrier, a slidableactuator for moving the carrier and cover substantially the same amount,and means between the carrier and actuator comprising a rotatable sleevehaving oppositely inclined non-crossing guide means in the same majorlongitudinal portion thereof, said actuator cooperating with one of saidguide means and said carrier cooperating with the other of said guidemeans.

23. A toilet stick holder comprising a carrier, a pair of sleevessurrounding the carrier and capable of relative rotation of one withrespect to the other, a pin projecting from the carrier into cooperationwith said sleeves, each of said sleeves having a guide means which issubstantially uniformly helical for cooperation with the carrier pin,the guide means in one sleeve being oppositely inclined to that in theother, and means for e'flecting relative rotation between said sleeves,said last mentioned means including a slidable member engaging anotherinclined guide means in one of said sleeves. I

24. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing having a longitudinalslottherein, a cover, a flap hinged to the cover, a carrier for stickmaterial slidable within said casing, an actuator button, an actuatorpin extending from said button through the longitudinal casing slot, aguide tube for the carrier having therein a longitudinal slot, a pinprojecting from said carrier into the longitudinal slot of said guidetube, means for transmitting motion from said actuator pin to thecarrier pin for moving the carrier up when the actu- 40 ator is moveddown and vice versa, the cover flap being directly engaged by saidactuator pin and slidable withinthe casing outside said guide tube, thelongitudinal travel of the carrier being substantially equal to that ofthe actuator.

45 25. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing having a longitudinalslot therein, a cover, a flap hinged to the cover, a carrier for stickmaterial slidable within said casing, an actuator button,

an actuator pin extending from said button through the longitudinalcasing slot, a guide tube for the carrier having therein a longitudinalslot,

a pin projecting from said carrier into the iongitudinal slot of saidguide tube, means for transmitting motion from said actuator pin to thecarrier pin for moving the carrier up when the actuator is moved downand vice versa, the cover flap being directly engaged by said actuatorpin and slidable within the casing outside said guide tube, thelongitudinal travel of the carrier being substantially equal to that ofthe actuator, the casing being provided with an indentation adjacent thecover when closed, which is adapted to prevent longitudinal movement ofthe carrier guide tube out of the casing.

.26. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing vhaving-a longitudinalslot therein, a cover, a flap hinged to the cover, a carrier for stickmaterial slidable within said casing, an actuator button, an actuatorpin extending from said button through the longitudinal casing slot, aguide tube for the carrier having therein a longitudinal slot, a pinprojecting from said carrier into the longitudinal slot of said guidetube, means for transmitting motion from said actuator pin to thecarrier pin for moving the carrier up when the actuator is moved downand vice versa, the cover flap being directly engaged by said actuatorpin and slidable within the casing outside said guide tube, thelongitudinal travel of the carrier bei g substantially equalto that ofthe actuator, sa (1 actuator pin being headed at its inner end, a d thecarrier guide tube being provided with a perforation through which aheading tool may be inserted for heading said actuator pin.

27. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing having a longitudinal slottherein, a cover, a flap hinged to the cover, a carrier for stickmaterial slidable within said casing, an actuator button, an actuatorpin extending from said button through the longitudinal casing slot, aguide tube for the carrier having therein a longitudinal slot, a pinprojecting from said carrier into the longi tudinal slot of said guidetube, the actuator having an opposite longitudinal movement to thecarrier, a movable strip located at least in part between the cover flapand contiguous the casing on the inside for closing the longitudinalcasing slot throughout substantially its entire length when the cover isclosed, said actuator pin being headed on, the inside to secure saidstrip and cover flap thereon.

28. A toilet stick holder comprising a casing having a longitudinal slottherein, a cover, a flap hinged to the cover, a carrier for stickmaterial slidable within said casing, an actuator button, an actuatorpin extending from said button through the longitudinal casing slot, aguide tube for the carrier having therein a longitudinal slot, a pinprojecting from said carrier into the longitudinal slot of said guidetube, the actuator having an opposite longitudinal movement to thecarrier, a movable strip located at least in part between the cover flapand contiguous the casing on the inside for closing the longitudinalcasing slot throughout substantially its entire length when the cover isclosed, said actuator pin being headed on the inside to secure saidstrip and cover flap thereon, the. carrier guide tube being providedwith a perforation through which a heading tool may be inserted forheading said actuator pin.

NATHAN KASDAN. RICHARD F. LANDWEHIR.

